Joe Varberg

I am an interdisciplinary cell biologist studying the structure and organization of the nucleus using yeast genetics and advanced microscopy techniques. I live in the Kansas City metro where I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research. I’m passionate about open science, data visualization, scientific communication and building the scientific research community in the Kansas City region. When I’m not imaging on the microscope or wrangling data in R, I enjoy biking, golfing, playing guitar and hunting for the freshest coffee beans in KC.

Currently:

Listening to - Neil Young - For the Turnstiles

Reading - Hopscotch - Julio Cortázar

Drinking - Fourtillfour - Sunday Motor Club Blend

Structured illumination microscopy image of human retinal epithelial cells (RPE1) visualizing actin (grey/white), DNA (cyan), nucleoli (magenta), and nuclear pore complexes (yellow).

Mitotic cell division in fission yeast S. pombe, visualizaing spindle pole bodies (magenta) and spindle microtubules (yellow).

I am an interdisciplinary cell biologist studying the structure and organization of the nucleus using yeast genetics and advanced microscopy techniques. I live in the Kansas City metro where I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research. I’m passionate about open science, data visualization, scientific communication and building the scientific research community in the Kansas City region. When I’m not imaging on the microscope or wrangling data in R, I enjoy biking, golfing, playing guitar and hunting for the freshest coffee beans in KC.

Currently:

Listening to - Neil Young - For the Turnstiles

Reading - Hopscotch - Julio Cortázar

Drinking - Fourtillfour - Sunday Motor Club Blend

Structured illumination microscopy image of human retinal epithelial cells (RPE1) visualizing actin (grey/white), DNA (cyan), nucleoli (magenta), and nuclear pore complexes (yellow).

Mitotic cell division in fission yeast S. pombe, visualizaing spindle pole bodies (magenta) and spindle microtubules (yellow).